Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialPierce Klempan
#787 · 1:25:00 · M11 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialTom Drummond
#788 · 1:18:02 · M39 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Interpretation
Pierce (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Tom (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM. That gave Pierce a 7 minutes head start on Tom. On foot, Pierce ran 1:25:00 and Tom ran 1:18:02 — Tom was 6:58 faster than Pierce. Pierce took official place 787th (time-based 792nd) and Tom took official place 788th (time-based 583rd). Pierce's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Tom was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Tom gained 3:47 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Pierce Klempan (Q-DR) started 7 min earlier than Tom (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -1
- Actual time Δ
- +6:58
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 7 min (Pierce earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:02
- Section place Δ
- -11
Δ = Pierce − Tom. Negative means Pierce is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Pierce (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM.
- Tom (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 7:00 later.
- Actual running time: Tom was 6:58 faster on foot than Pierce.
- Finish clock: Pierce crossed the line 0:02 ahead of Tom — Pierce wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +6:58 · finish clock -0:02.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Pierce | Tom | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:08 | 9:36 | +0:32 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:35 | 6:11 | +1:24 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:35 | 6:39 | -0:04 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 34:02 | 30:15 | +3:47 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 16:09 | 15:46 | +0:23 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:20 | 7:41 | +0:39 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:11 | 1:54 | +0:17 |
Δ negative = Pierce ran the segment faster.